Title I, Neglected or Delinquent

NOTE: The application due date for this program has passed.

Title I, Part D, of No Child Left Behind (NCLB), also called The Prevention and Intervention Programs for Children and Youth who are Neglected, Delinquent or At-Risk (N or D), Subpart 2, is a federal categorical program contained in the Consolidated Application and provides financial assistance to local education agency’s (LEAs) educational programs that serve students who are neglected, delinquent, or at-risk; including programs involving collaboration with locally operated correctional facilities.

Eligibility

Eligible
Applicants

Local educational agencies, other organizations or agencies

Required
EligibilityCriteria

LEAs approved to conduct Title I, Part D programs are eligible for reauthorization in the 2010-11 Consolidated Application.

Other
Eligibility
Considerations

The goals of Title I, Part D are to: (1) improve educational services for these children so they have the opportunity to meet challenging State academic content and achievement standards; (2) provide necessary services to successfully transition from institutionalization to further schooling or employment; and (3) prevent at-risk youth from dropping out of school, and to provide dropouts and children and youth returning from correctional facilities with a support system to ensure their continued education.

Eligible
Grade Level(s)

K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Eligible
Age Level(s)

5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17

Funding

Legal
Authority

Public Law 107-110, No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Section 1401; Budget Items 6110-136-0890(1), 6110-119-0890

The term institution for neglected children and youth means – a public or private residential facility, other than a foster home, that is operated for the care of children who have been committed to the institution, or voluntarily placed in the institution under applicable State law, due to abandonment, neglect, or death of their parents or guardians.

The term institution for delinquent children means – a public or private residential facility for the card or children who have been adjudicated to be delinquent or in need of supervision.

The term at-risk means – a school aged individual who is at-risk of academic failure, has a drug or alcohol problem, is pregnant or is a parent, has come in contact with the juvenile justice system in the past, is at least 1 year behind the expected grade level of the age of the individual, has limited English proficiency, is a gang member, has dropped out of school in the past, or has a high absenteeism rate at school.